Face-powder box



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' FACE-POWDER BOX Application filed December 27, 1928. Serial No.328,709.

' This invention relates to a face powder box and has for a specialobject to provide a face powder box having a cylindrical wall, and acover for such box having an inner cylin- B drical surface correspondingto the outer face of said cylindrical wall and having an outerornamental surface that need not conform in A any way to the c lindricalwall of the box.

To this end, tlie present invention specifi cally aims to providea facepowder box having a cylindrical wall, and a cover composed' of twoshells, an inner shell having a cylindrical skirt that conforms with andis adapted snugly to receive the cylindrical wall of the powder box, andan outer shell having'a skirt that is ornamentally formed to correspondto a polygon or any other figure that does not correspond to thecylindrical wall of the powder box, whereby advantage is taken of thefact that two cylindrical surfaces can be readily turned or twisted andthat such torsional strain will serve quickly to break the surfaceadhesion between the two adja cent cylindrical walls, to wit, theco-action of the outer face of the cylindrical wall with the inner faceof the cylindrical skirt of the inner shell, whereupon the cover can`with facility be raised and removed from the box without requiring theapplication of any violent drawing forces to start the removal of thecover and the accompanying'tendency to lose control of the box or undulyto agitate thevcontents of the box to causev the same to be spilled orsprayed about.

Among the objects of the present invention it is also aimed to provide ac'over for a face powder box having an outer ornamental shell which maybe composed of a delicate substance and an inner reinforcing shell forstrengthening the outer shell.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide animproved cover, the inner box fitting wall of which is formed into ashape that can be readily fitted with accuracy to protect the contentsof the' box from leakage and that can readily be produced into a neatand workmanship product without un due care and skill while the outerornamental portion of the cover might assume most any conformationentirely disregardful of the conformation of the lateral wall of thebox.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the inventionwill ap ear from the subjoined detail description o one specificembodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a plan of the face powder box with the cover in closedposition;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with 60 the cover in section;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the cover partly raised; and

Fig. 4 is a plan looking upwardly at the cover when removed fromv thebox. 4 65 In the embodiment illustrated, the face powder box B is shownprovided with a base l, and a cylindrical lateral wall 24extendingupwardly therefrom.

The cover C consists essentially of two shells, an inner shell 3 and anouter shell 4. The inner shell 3 consists of a disk portion 5 and acylindrical skirt 6 extending there, from. The outer shell 4 consists ofa disk portion 7 and an ornamental skirt 8, in the 75 present instancepolygonal, or rather octagonal in outline, which skirts preferablyextend down to the base l when the cover C is in closed position. Theinner shellB .is contained in the outer shell 4 and has outer face soportions of its skirt '6 secured to inner face` portions of the skirt 8.Between the disk portions 5 and. 7 of the shells 3 and 4 respectively,therejs formed a spacing member 9"to`which the respective disk portionsare preferablysecured. Such spacing memv .ber serves to give the outerface of the disk portion 7 of thecover Ca cushion-like outer appearance.l

In the production of the box and cover as aforesaid, -so far as fittingis concerned, it is only necessary to form the skirt 6, and of it, onlyits inner cylindrical face to conform to the outer cylindrical face ofthe lateral wall 2 of the box B, a rather simple operation, asdistinguished from iitting two registering polygonal iaces. As aninstance, if the lat- .eral wall of the box were octagonal, to it acover to such octagonal lateral wall and protect the same againstleakage and at the same surface of the time produce a neat andworkmanship article, care must be exercised not only that the severalangles and faces of the outer face of the lateral wall of the boxcorrespond with one another but also that the several angles and facesof the inner face of the inner skirt correspond with one another, and inaddition thereto, with the angles and faces of the lateral wall of thebox, since the same faces of the inner skirt ofthe cover will not alwaysoppose the same faces of the lateral wall of the box during the use ofthe article.

When the opposing faces are cylindrical, little if any care need beexercised since only one face need be fitted and paper is of coursesufiiciently flexible to compensate for any slight irregularities thatmight occur between the two opposing cylindrical faces.

Aside from the foregoing, advantage is here taken of the fact that twoopposing cylindrical faces may be readily twisted or turned relative toone another to overcome any adhesion that might exist between theopposing faces, and to overcome thel resistance offered by the tendencyto form a vacuum between the inner face lof the disk 5 of the cover Cand the upper face of the seal 10 or the upper owder in the box B. Whenthe seal l0 has been destroyed and the box is in use, the reductioninpressure between the inner face of the disk 5 and the upper surface ofthe powder in the box B would, of course, tend to agitate the powder andcause it to spray and spill as soon as the cover came off, a not unusualoccurrence today. In addition to the foregoing, due to the adhesion ofthe opposing faces and the reduction in pressure within the box whendrawing the cover from the box, the tendency of the user when notcareful is to apply a sudden violent drawing force resulting in thepowder spilling upon the sudden interruption to the resisting force atthe moment when the cover is removed.

Itis obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a face powder box having a cylindrical lateralwall, of a cover having an inner shell and an outer shell se cured toone another, said inner shell having a cylindrical skirt conforming to,and fitting, said cylindrical lateral wall, and said outer shell havinga skirt polygonal in outline.

2. The combination with a face powder box having a base and acylindrical lateral wall extending therefrom to form the box, of a coverhaving an inner shell and an outer shell secured to one another andextending down to said base in closed position, said inner shell havinga disk and a cylindrical skirt extending from said disk and conformingto, and fitting, said cylindrical lateral wall, and

said outer shell having a disk secured to the disk of said inner shelland having a skirt polygonal in outline and extending adjacent to, andbeing secured to, the skirt of said inner shell.

3. 'The combination with a face powder box having a base and acylindrical lateral wall extending therefrom, of a cover having an inner shell and an outer shell, said inner shell having a disk and acylindrical skirt extending from said disk and conforming to, andfitting, said cylindrical lateral wall, ysaid outer shell having a diskand a polygonal skirt extending from said latter disk, and a spacingmember disposed between the disks of said shells to form a cushioneffect on the disk of said outer shell, the skirts of said shells beingsecured to one another.

GUSTAVUS A. PFEIFFER.

